Ruth

20202020
15m

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Short

Drama

After the railroad forces her alcoholic husband to move North, Ruth DeLay-a pregnant, destitute mother of four-desperately seeks an unregulated abortion in order for her family to survive th... Read allAfter the railroad forces her alcoholic husband to move North, Ruth DeLay-a pregnant, destitute mother of four-desperately seeks an unregulated abortion in order for her family to survive the Great Depression.After the railroad forces her alcoholic husband to move North, Ruth DeLay-a pregnant, destitute mother of four-desperately seeks an unregulated abortion in order for her family to survive the Great Depression.

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- 18 wins & 8 nominations

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Daniel Saunders, Delani Chambers, Isaac Ivey, Megan Ivey, and James Carter Montgomery in Ruth (2020)

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During the Great Depression, thousands of women died from unregulated abortions-their death certificates read: "Cause of Death: Sepsis, Kidney Failure" instead of "Cause of Death: Unregulated Abortion." Ruth Delay was one of these women. Inspired by a true story and Ruth Delay's actual letters written from 1929-1938, "Ruth" leads us through her desperate journey of: taking "Female Elixirs" made of turpentine, experiencing lead poisoning and sepsis from flushing her uterus with water from old pipes, and enduring an unregulated abortion performed by a Doctor who arrived too late. —Theatre For Change

abortion

healthcare

woman director

pro choice

pro life

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- Women are still dying of abortions in 2020; the U.S. maternal mortality rate has more than doubled since 2017. Based on a true story, Ruth gives voice to a time when women had to fight for life and die for choice.
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- Drama
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